RECkoning with Real Estate
Sundays 11 AM
RECkoning with Real Estate is your inside look at the real estate world through a fresh, consumer-focused lens. Hosted by The Real Estate Collaborative (REC), a residential real estate company, we dive into the history of housing, explore the challenges and opportunities in today’s housing market, talk to past clients, and highlight the inspiring work of housing activists, experts, and our valued sponsors. RECkoning with Real Estate is about building a better real estate company in hopes of building better communities, where everyone has access to a safe, stable, and affordable home. Whether you’re buying your first home, selling, or simply passionate about housing justice, RECkoning with Real Estate is your go-to resource for knowledge, empowerment, and community. Join REC and our guests every Sunday @ 11am on AM950 as we RECkon with Real Estate. Have a question? Go to https://www.theRECollab.com/ and hit the *Let's Talk* button - we'll do our best to answer it!
Here we are with the third and final part of our “REC Revolution” series. This week, we’re wrapping up our discussion of Wendy Gilch’s article, “Why Consumers Hate Real Estate Agents,” and discussing both the systemic changes our industry desperately needs, and how REC is working to break down this broken system. People are beginning…
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Part two of our three-part series is here, and we’re back on the air tackling the meaty question of why consumers have a hatred toward real estate agents. We kick things off by debunking the reality shows that portray the aspirational agent making tons of money, driving fancy cars, and seemingly doing very little work…
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Hello all, and welcome to today’s topic: The REC Revolution. A fitting topic in the wake of Bastille Day. We are excited to highlight an article written by Wendy Gilch that resonates with REC and all we do. It’s called “Why Consumers Hate Agents.” The article outlines six reasons consumers have grown frustrated with the…
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This episode originally aired January 18, 2026: In part two of our conversation with YIMBY director and housing advocate Leora Tanjuatco Ross, we dig into the U.S. housing shortage and focus on the power of individual action. This episode shows how a single person can make a meaningful impact in the push for more housing.…
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Today we’re back with Part 2 of our conversation with Sammi Silver! Sammi is a licensed Realtor®, founder, and president of Bright Idea Properties, where she specializes in manufactured homes. As you may remember from last episode, these homes are no longer called mobile homes. Today’s manufactured homes are beautifully crafted and permanent places to…
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This special episode was recorded live at Minneapolis Pride! We were joined by two incredible leaders in the housing justice space: AsaleSol Young and Anne Mavity. AsaleSol, who has joined us on the RECkoning with Real Estate podcast before, is the Executive Director of Housing In Action, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit advancing housing justice through affordable…
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Manufactured housing has come a long way from the days when they were “mobile homes” with a license plate and wheels. In this episode, we’re joined by Sammi Silver: licensed Realtor®, founder, and president of Bright Idea Properties! We’re lucky to be joined by her to get the inside scoop on these misunderstood homes, and…
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This episode originally aired January 11, 2026: In this episode, we welcome a special guest to discuss the housing shortage in the United States. We discuss why it’s so difficult to build new housing, and the reality that the U.S. is facing a genuine housing shortfall. Our guest, Leora Tanjuatco Ross, is the California Director…
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As promised, here is the episode we’ve been eager to present. Let us all brace ourselves for a topic that seems to be finding its way into every industry, including real estate: AI. Our previous conversation about how lenders are paid, the technology used to crunch numbers, and data security naturally led us here. We…
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Hello again to Matt Berna and Marc Byers joining us this week! You may have heard those names before, and that is no mistake. These are two people with a lot of information to share. For this episode, we’re talking about how loan officers are compensated. We’ve spent previous episodes talking about how Realtors® are…
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